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Publish date: August 31, 2005
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It was earlier reported that Russia is already building such a facility using own resources at the Pacific Fleet, Novosti-online reported. However, the allocated sums do not allow to complete the construction in time, therefore Rosatom has offered the Japanese Government to contribute to the project.
Because Russia has no onshore facility for storing decommissioned submarine reactors, the practice is to cut three-compartment sections out of the submarines – the reactor compartment in the middle, flanked by compartments on either side that provide buoyancy. The three-compartment sections, welded with steel sheets over each end, are stored afloat.
According to Akhunov, Japanese representatives will give their answer this Autumn. At the moment 120 nuclear submarines have been taken out of operation, 120 of them were dismantled till three-compartment sections, where later the reactor compartment will be cut out and placed on the onshore storage facility.
An accident aboard numerous Volgoneft oil tankers in the Kerch in mid December clearly show what can happen to aged ships when they are operated in bad weather—and when economic and military objectives are prioritized over the lives of crews and environmental safety.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution and climate change.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
A visit last week by Vladimir Putin and a Kremlin entourage to Astana, Kazakhstan sought in part to put Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, on good footing with local officials.